United States, Guatemala
1983
140 minutes
Color
1.78:1
English, Spanish, K'iche'
458
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. It’s a story that happens every day, but until Gregory Nava’s groundbreaking El Norte (The North), the personal travails of immigrants crossing the border to America had never been shown in the movies with such urgent humanism. A work of social realism imbued with dreamlike imagery, El Norte is a lovingly rendered, heartbreaking story of hope and survival, which critic Roger Ebert called “a Grapes of Wrath for our time.”
| Arturo Xuncax | Ernesto Gómez Cruz |
| Enrique Xuncax | David Villalpando |
| Rosa Xuncax | Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez |
| Lupe Xuncax | Alicia del Lago |
| Informer | Miguel Gomez Giron |
| Foreman | Jose Martin Ruano |
| Joefita | Stella Quan |
| Pedro | Eraclio Zepeda |
| Director | Gregory Nava |
| Producer | Anna Thomas |
| Production Sound | Robert Yerington |
| Cinematography | James Glennon |
| Editing | Betsy Blankett |
| Screenplay | Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas |
| Casting | Bob Morones, Toni-Conchita Rios and Jean Gill |
| Set designer | David Wasco |
AVAILABLE IN BOTH DOUBLE-DVD AND BLU-RAY DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITIONS:
Criterion’s release of the landmark American independent El Norte (in both standard DVD and Blu-ray editions) is reminding critics not just of the film’s beauty and poignancy but of the subject matter’s sadly undiminished relevance. “Made in 1983 but unavailable on DVD until now, Gregory . . .
In the 1980s, with the wounds of the Vietnam War still fresh in the collective American memory, Hollywood took up the themes of empire, democracy, and war . . .
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